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One Thirty-nine Heroes Take the Time of Separation (12)

China's emphasis on incense inheritance may be ranked among the top three among all ethnic groups in the world. Being able to inherit incense with offspring after death is a long and long-form complimentary poem in the writings of literati, praising His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's kindness and magnanimity, and loving soldiers like sons. For soldiers who charge in battle, there is only one sentence: "It's not in vain to die."

Of course, it would be even better if you don't die.

Rewards from officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels were quickly awarded, and rewards from silver, land, and even wives were given according to the level. The silver was paid, and the wife had to wait until she returned to the capital before she could arrange it with a matchmaker, but the land was an "enclave". The soldiers only knew how big a piece of land they had in a certain place, but they could not cultivate themselves or resell them during their service. They could only collect land rent on the land. The land rent was also fixed, with five dou every year. Although it was not too much, they could freely dispose of the land after retirement, which made the soldiers who had no homeless urge to start a family.

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid of being timid after you go into battle?" Chen De was very worried for the prince and couldn't help asking.

Since the military strategists emphasized that rewards and punishments are clear, they have paid attention to "immediate" and never delays, which means to settle the bonus according to the project progress. The land reward proposed by Zhu Cilang is the biggest source of this reward model. In comparison, the silver that has no place to spend, and the woman who is still in the capital who is not beautiful or ugly, cannot be compared with this land that has never been seen before.

Going home alive, planting your own land, and living a life of constant yield is the inner expectation of every descendant of the farming civilization.

"No," Zhu Cixuan smiled, "You haven't talked to the instructor in my camp, have you?"

Chen De was stunned.

He had a little knowledge of the instructor system of the Eastern Palace Guard Camp, and was limited to teaching soldiers to write and helping them write reports... Although he went deep into the grassroots and served as the word "official", he was actually just a group of clerks with eunuchs as the main and scholars as the auxiliary.

"The instructor will tell them. When fighting hard, the land will increase. When they are in battle, they will be more and more deadly. If they dare to become deserters, the things they have worked hard will be completely gone." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "The instructor is very important, it is definitely not as simple as catching a knife and writing for the sake of writing."

"If it is so important..." Chen De suddenly closed his mouth.

"Why do we have to leave it to the eunuchs, right?" Zhu Cilang shook his head slightly: "In my opinion, the reason why some people commit suicide and enter the palace is somewhat unfair. These people are originally corrupt and weak. If they discriminate against them, they will only push them to the extreme and eventually become counter-eunuchs like Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian and others. Chengzu also valued eunuchs, so why hasn't such counter-eunuchs ever appeared? The most important thing in knowing people is to use people is to treat them equally."

Chen De turned the prince's words into his mind and lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice."

Zhu Cixuan pursed his lips, and the sound of war drums pounding came from behind him.

The time is almost over.

After a day of rest, the Eastern Palace Guard Camp left a department to protect the rear, blocked the mountain pass, and the army gathered in Ruzhou, preparing to travel to Baofeng and Jiaxian areas to wait for an opportunity to pick up the Qin soldiers of Sun Chuanting.

The rain formed a line and fell on the military formation. The Red Army, wearing cotton armor, did not move in the rain, allowing the rain to roll down the bright helmet. They held the long soldiers in their hands. The "double inserts" on their waists were covered with oil cloth, and the bowstrings had been put away long ago. Wrapped with waterproof oil paper, such weather was not suitable for marching, but it was nothing for the Eastern Palace Guards Camp, which was full of morale.

Who wouldn't see that even the crown prince was wet in the rain, and the fat jacket on his body was greedily sucking the rain water like the soldiers.

Zhu Cilang took a step forward and raised the Shangfang sword in his hand. He was about to announce his troops when a cavalry suddenly came from afar and shouted with a loud voice: "Your Highness! Emergency military newspaper ahead!"

The guards stepped forward and replaced the explorer and half-dragged to the prince. The pond horse tried hard to support him and said, "Your Highness! Governor Qin is defeated!"

"Why will you lose?" Zhu Ciyang couldn't help but sigh.

The retreat had already helped him to defend his back, why was he still defeated? Everyone only thought that the prince was talking about the defeat last year, and did not think that it was different.

"Yes, it was the Qin soldiers who roared, and the thieves took the opportunity to break through the camp!" The pond horse was covered in rain and tears, and she cried and said, "Great defeat!"

The whistle is the most common supernatural event in the army.

If the mutiny soldiers just lost their minds, then Ying Xiao turned from a man to a beast.

If we follow the psychological analysis of later generations, the camp roar is because of the crowded population, small living space, and the overall group is under great mental pressure due to training or vengeance, and is on the verge of collapse. Therefore, on a quiet and dark night, when a soldier shouts due to nightmares, it often triggers a chain reaction from others, causing the entire camp to fall into a state of hysteria, and even kill each other, and the consequences are often very serious.

The Qin soldiers led by Sun Chuanting have left their hometown for several months, and the mental pressure accumulated during the battle cannot be released. They encountered continuous rain and returned to the location of last year's defeat. This will undoubtedly give the soldiers a stronger psychological hint. Not to mention that there are spies in the camp deliberately instigating them, even if there are no spies, the possibility of a camp roar is extremely high.

Since Zhu Cilang was willing to lead the army, he naturally had to understand the roar. As far as he reads, he knew: the earliest recorded roar occurred in the war between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Qiang. It can be said that roaring was an ancient storm. It has been used in all dynasties to prevent roaring, especially soldiers who take advantage of the roaring of the roar to do illegal things.

The military discipline of the Eastern Palace is also among the Yan army of all dynasties, and naturally Zhu Cilang was guarding against Yingxiao. Who would have thought that Sun Chuanting, who led the army by Lao Yu, had encountered such a thing, and was caught by Li Zicheng...

Perhaps, this is the opportunity created by Li Zicheng.

Zhu Cilang said in his heart.

"Your Highness..." Chen De was extremely nervous, wondering if his father's Henan soldiers had also had a camp roar. Before he came, the Yu soldiers and Qin soldiers were camping nearby.

"Take him down!" Zhu Cixuan waved his hand and said, "All battalions continue to advance and collect the defeated soldiers along the way! Anyone who dares to refuse to follow the dispatch will be killed!"

"Receive the order!" The captains of the Eastern Palace Guards saluted and sent troops in order, but were still orderly.

...

"Repay the Marshal! Bai Guangen's flag is overturned!"

Li Zicheng stood at the top of the city, looking at the collapsed Ming army outside the city, and the front-line reward came from behind him. He did not have the slightest joy of winning at this moment. The reason was the capture of Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing and Yang Yongyu. The capture of Yang Yongyu will aggravate the fear of the officials and gentry of the Zhu Dynasty; Niu Jinxing will lead to panic and commotion among the strategists; Liu Zongmin was captured... Li Zicheng could not imagine that Liu Zongmin, who was a powerful general, would have a huge impact on the morale of the army after being captured.

He sent people to Xiangyang overnight to summon Tian Jianxiu, who wanted to use Tian Jianxiu's influence to help him stabilize the increasingly formed camp army.

Now this situation cannot be maintained by myself.

Li Zicheng didn't know whether he should be happy or lamented, and looked back at the "Changyi" banner on the ground. He recalled the beginning of his uprising and his embarrassment in Shangluo Mountains... He never expected it!

"Marson..." Gu Junen stood behind Li Zicheng and called out in a low voice: "The enemy general Gao Jie is heading towards the northeast, and he should be fleeing to the Shanxi territory."

Li Zicheng ignored the cold bricks on the city, and sighed: "Uh, I have to rescue Zong Min. No matter how I do it, I can't let him die at the hands of Zhu Zhe."

Gu Junen knew the significance of Liu Zongmin to Li Zicheng. These two people were nominally monarch and minister, but in fact they were as close as brothers. Over the past ten years, Li Zicheng had never been so close to the Nine Cauldrons. In fact, if he hadn't taken the Qin and Jin strategies first, the Changyi Camp would have even attacked the city of Beijing. At this critical moment, Li Zicheng would never have watched his old friend fall down.

"Marson," Gu Junen had already prepared his draft and replied, "I'm afraid the only way to rescue General Liu is to negotiate peace."

"Uh, I know. The more fierce the fight, the faster they kill people." Li Zicheng brows tightly: "It's those officials Zhu Chao. They are very stubborn. If they are willing to make peace with me, how can they fight for so long?"

Gu Junen smiled bitterly and said, "I still didn't hurt them. According to the students, if it was to save General Liu, it would be better to prepare a soft and hard way. If it was soft, let Li Zhensheng go back. Bring a letter to Emperor Zhu Dynasty. As long as General Liu and Prime Minister Niu are released, we are willing to recruit peace and stationed in Xuanda to resist Jiannu in the court."

Li Zicheng shook his head slightly, always feeling that this matter was not that easy to say. He asked, "Where is it hard?"

"Let the fight for the world first." Gu Junen said extremely lonely: "Appoint Huang Hu. The army heads east and heads straight to the south of the valley! Then the court is shocked, and they can't help but not talk!"

Li Zicheng clapped his hands heavily: "That's it, both hands move together!"

"Two-pronged approach!" Gu Junen concluded for Li Zicheng.

...

Sun Chuanting did not expect that under the strict military discipline, there would be a tragedy like Yingxiao. Now there are chaos and chaos everywhere, and these soldiers are even more annoying than bandits. Because no one knows whether the chaos soldiers wearing fat jackets and bright helmets will slap coldly from behind.

"Supervisor! General Bai's flag is falling down!" General Niu Chenghu spent a lot of effort to finally find Sun Chuanting, with disheveled hair. He saw that the supervisor barely maintained the demeanor of the court officials, but his spirit was no longer comparable to yesterday.

As the undisputed pioneer general under Sun Chuanting, Niu Chenghu's soldiers were not large enough, and he quickly stabilized the situation in the central army and retreated slowly. Finally, he didn't have to worry about being caught up by Li Zicheng's horse soldiers.

Sun Chuanting calmed down and wanted to sigh to the sky, why did he encounter all kinds of unlucky things? He said, "Where is General Gao?"

"I didn't see him, he didn't come to rescue him at all!" Niu Chenghu said hatefully.

Bai Guangen was under the command of the Qin soldiers, and Sun Chuanting placed all the train soldiers under his command.

Gao Jie was once a general who broke into the camp. He brought his subordinates to surrender to the Ming Dynasty because he gave Li Zicheng a cuckold. He was promoted to the general and was also an important part of the Qin army. These two main station troops fled and collapsed. Only Niu Chenghu's troops were still under the command of the commander, and it was impossible to turn the tables.

"Let's go..." Sun Chuanting finally couldn't help but say sadly, "Connect the defeated soldiers along the way, go to Ruzhou first and then discuss."

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